Sony confirms that it will not be free to upgrade from PS4 to PS5 if we have the original game. We explain the four options available to make the jump.
Sony Interactive Entertainment has confirmed that Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered for PS5 will not be free for users of the original PS4 video game, Marvel’s Spider-Man (2018, PS4). The Japanese company has clarified to Kotaku the doubts of a situation that is especially reminiscent of Control with 505 Games. We are going to explain what are the options available to future PlayStation 5 users in the face of this ambitious remastering where there is a long dozen of new features.
Sony insists: Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered is a new game
The first thing Sony affects is that Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered is like a new game: “The remastering for PS5 is not a simple rescaling, many of the assets of the game have been fully updated to take advantage of the capabilities of PS5, “said James Stevenson, Communications Director for Insomniac Games. Remodeled characters, ray tracing, greater drawing distance, better lighting, more characters on screen, performance mode at 4K and 60 FPS, the three DLCs included with reduced loading times, 3D Audio …
Marvel’s Spider-Man and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales on PS4 Will Be Backward Compatible with PS5; but without the improvements of its native version of PS5.
The question is, how can we access Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered on PS5? For how much price? These are the four options available to play the original and the remastering. In addition, we also clarify the doubt of the buyers of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales for PS4, whose version of the current generation will also be sold in stores and can be upgraded to PS5 at no cost.
How to access Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered on PS5 by paying
- Buyers of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Ultimate Edition for PS5 (79.99 euros): receive Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered on PS5.
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (PS4) players: You can buy Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (€ 59.99) and pay $ 20 to get Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered on PS5.
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Spider-Man Remastered (PS5) will take advantage of the PS5 hardware: ray tracing, reduced loading times, more elements on screen, 3D audio …
Backward compatibility: go from PS4 to PS5 for free, but without remastering
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (PS4) players: You can play Marvel’s Spider-Man on PS5 via backward compatibility at no cost (the original version, without the remastering enhancements).
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS4) Players: Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales will be able to play on PS5 via backward compatibility at no cost (the original version, without the remastering enhancements).
It should also be said that Marvel’s Spider-Man: Remastered will not be cross-save with the PS4 version; that is, we will not be able to carry over our original progress to the remastering.
Both the game and the PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition will go on sale on November 19 in Europe; November 12 in the United States, Mexico and Japan. The console will be priced at 499 euros and 399 euros, respectively; reservations are already open.
Via | Kotaku
